I am currently baking puff pastries from Trader Joes in the middle of the morning when it will be near 90 degrees this afternoon. Ordinarily I would never even turn my oven on if it was going to be over 80 degrees. But we have been without a good oven for months. […]
July 2015 I’m going on vacation. It may be a permanent vacation. It will definitely be an extended vacation and I am likely going alone.
The last two days have given me a glimpse into the preteen girl years ahead of us. First she came home from YMCA Summer Camp wearing […]
I got a new Washer and Dryer on Wednesday at 3 pm. Today is Friday. We have had it less than 48 hours and have already completed 10 loads of laundry. Can you believe it?! If anyone is a candidate for two sets of washers and dryers it is definitely our […]
In May we started getting ready, well, actually March. We ordered all the cabinets, picked out flooring and countertops. In April we ordered new appliances and in May I moved into my mother’s house. The kitchen is nearly done, sort of. But it is functional and I’m able to cook for […]
That’s what Caskey calls us. I call her my best friend. I truly cannot live without her in my daily life. We make at least 4 phone calls a day to each other, each one interrupted with a string of “can’t you see I’m on the phone, don’t hit your sister, yes […]
Well, its been a rough few weeks. When I read back on this blog in a few weeks I will think it was silly for even posting it, because the reality is I am very lucky. Our family is happy and healthy. Caskey is on break for the summer. We don’t […]
I am just shocked time and time again the innate differences between boys and girls. I have heard the argument of nature versus nurture and long, long ago before I had children I really believed it was the fault of mothers who gave their daughters dolls and fathers who played trucks with sons. […]
Today we were seated in the cheerleader section at graduation. The boys seated in front of us yelled, “Yay” and hollered out their siblings names through out the entire ceremony. At any other event this would be mildly annoying as you sat through the numerous speakers and countless graduates. But this event […]
Every once in a while I am left alone with just Lainy Ann and William. This time it was because Connor and Daddy had a boy errand to do; going to the auto parts store. (I’m still not sure what they plan on spray painting black . . . . . )
I just […]
We bought a few new things at Target yesterday; boring stuff, jammies, underwear, swim trunks, swim suits, normal stuff. Last night while I was tucking the kids into bed Lainy Ann was exclaiming about how much she liked her new jammies.
LA: “And they don’t have sleeves, mommy!”
Me: “Wow. I […]